Ezra Klein Archive: Medicare

Here's a question for Paul Ryan, or anyone who supports Paul Ryan's plan: Why are the cost savings in his bill possible, while the cost savings in the Affordable Care Act aren't? Ryan has been warning that one of the...

Earlier in the week, I wrote about a report that cost controls in Medicare are driving some doctors to abandon the system and focus their efforts on patients whose insurance companies will pay them more money. The problem is that...

There's one school of thought that says Congress is incapable of controlling costs in Medicare, and then there's, well, this: Want an appointment with kidney specialist Adam Weinstein of Easton, Md.? If you're a senior covered by Medicare, the wait...

The argument over Medicare Advantage is pretty simple: The program, which allows private providers to compete for Medicare patients, was supposed to cost as much or less than traditional Medicare. It actually costs 114 percent of what Medicare costs. Democrats...

I've talked a lot today about MedPAC recommendations. It occurred to me that I should, you know, actually link to some so you can see what they look like. So here are MedPAC's March recommendations on reforming the Medicare payment...